Rockcliffe Cross, Cumbria Weather
About Rockcliffe Cross, Cumbria
Rockcliffe Cross emerges from the flat, salt-licked horizons of the Solway Plain where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of tidal mud. It lies 4.2 miles south-south-west of Longtown (from Longtown: bearing 209°T, OS grid NY 345 627), and is situated north-west of Rockcliffe village. The water of the nearby Peter Sike pulses through the low-lying fields, a narrow artery of silver that reflects the vast, bruised clouds characteristic of the Cumbrian sky. To the south, the damp, reed-fringed expanse of Demesne Marsh captures the evening light, turning the shallow pools into mirrors of hammered copper. The land here holds a quiet, heavy stillness, shaped by the slow, relentless work of the tides and the patient drift of silt. Where the earth softens into these marshlands, the horizon seems to stretch into an infinite, grey-blue distance that swallows the sound of passing traffic. Rockcliffe Cross remains a place of subtle transitions, where the firm, agricultural soil yields gradually to the unpredictable, breathing rhythms of the salt marsh.
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About This Rockcliffe Cross, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rockcliffe Cross, Cumbria, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Rockcliffe Cross includes coordinates 54.955082, -3.023943, in the county of Cumbria, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Rockcliffe Cross is available on the Rockcliffe Cross map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cumbria weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.